Ecocity thematic chronology: the "Founding fathers"

Here I would like to list some of the "Founding Fathers" of ecocity concept.

  • Frederick Law Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. had an influence on most of the people and events below.
  • Ebenezer Howard's «Garden city» (1902) influenced other «Founding Fathers», Patrick Geddes and Lewis Mumford, John Nolen's Plan of Venice, Florida, Peter Calthorpe's Regional City, and most of the later visionaries and events.
  • Le Corbusier’s Plan Voisin (1929)
  • Frank Lloyd Wright presents the Broadacre City idea (1932)
  • McHarg, I (1969) Design With Nature. Natural History Press, New York.
  • Alexander, C et al (1977). A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. Oxford University Press, New York.
  • Spirn, A W (1984) The Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design. Basic Books, New York.

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